Neurovascular Anatomy

Question 1

What do the right and left CCA bifurcate into?

Answer 1

Right and left ICA and ECA

Question 2

Where do the vertebral arteries arise from?

Answer 2

Subclavian a.

Question 3

What does the brachiocephalic artery bifurcate into?

Answer 3

Left CCA

Left subclavian

Question 4

Where do the vertebral a. have loops?

Answer 4

C1/C2

Question 5

What connects the 2 anterior cerebral a.?

Answer 5

Anterior communicating

Question 6

How many arteries does the basilar artery split into?

Answer 6

4

Question 7

What is the main symptoms of subarachnoid haemorrhage?

Answer 7

Sudden and severe headache

Thunderclap

Question 8

What is the investigations for subarachnoid haemorrhage?

Answer 8

CT

Question 9

What should be carried out if CT is normal?

Answer 9

LP

Question 10

What should be tested for in LP with brain haemorrhage?

Answer 10

Blood breakdown in CSF

Question 11

What does the left middle cerebral artery supply?

Answer 11

right body strength, right body sensation and language

Question 12

What does the right middle cerebral artery supply?

Answer 12

left body strength and left body sensation

Question 13

What does right posterior cerebral artery supply?

Answer 13

Perception of the left visual field

Question 14

What does left posterior artery supply?

Answer 14

Perception of the right visual field

Question 15

An elderly patient presents to hospital after a fall caused by tripping over a large object. On examination, the patient is noted to have a right visual field defect. The culprit artery is

Answer 15

Left posterior cerebral artery

Question 16

In which lobe is the visual field located?

Answer 16

Occipital

Question 17

Right sided weakness of the arm and the leg which artery is the culprit
Hear a bruit over the left carotid artery
Which artery is the culprit?

Answer 17

Left middle cerebral artery

Question 18

Right sided weakness with loss of language. Which artery is the culprit?

Answer 18

Left middle cerebral artery